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Author's Purpose

Is his or her reason for creating a particular work. The purpose can be to entertain, to explain or inform, to express an opinion, or to persuade. An author may have more than one purpose for writing, but usually one is most important.

Autobiography

This is from of nonfiction in which a person tells the story of his or her life. Forms of of this are writings that include: personal narratives, journals, memoirs,diaries, letters, and oral histories.

Biography

This is the story of a person's life that is written by someone else. The subjects of biographies are often famous people.

Cause and Effect Relationship

Two events are related as cause and effect when one event brings about, or causes, the other. The event that happens first is the cause; the one that follows is the effect.

Climax

In the plot of a story or a play,this is the turning point or may be the point of maximum interest. The climax usually occurs toward the end of a story, after the reader has understood the conflict and become emotionally invoved with the characters. At the climax, the conflict is resolved and the outcome of the plot becomes clear.

Comparison

The process of identifying similarites. Writers use comparisons to make ideas and details clearer to the reader. The writer may use metaphors and similies.

Compound Sentence

This is made up of two or more independent clauses joined together. A compound sentence does not contain any dependent clauses. Example:
Rita studied the tool, and her assistant took notes. (Independent clauses can be joined with a comma and a coordinating conjunction, a semicolor, or a conjunctive adverb preceded by a semicolon and followed by a comma.

Conjunction

Joins words or groups of words. (and, but, or, for, so, yet, nor.

Dialogue

The words that characters speak aloud are called dialogue. Writers use this to bring characters to life and to give readers insight into the characters' qualities, personality traits, and reactions to other characters. It is set off with quotation marks.

Main Idea

It is the most important point that a writer wishes to express. It can be the central idea of an entire work or a thought expressed in the topic sentence of a paragraph.

Antonym

is a word with a meaning opposite that of another word.

Bibliography

a list of works of a specific author or publisher.

Business Letter

are more formal than personal letters and require a precise form. (heading, and inside address, a salutation, or greeting, a body or text, a closing.

Inside address

showing to whom the letter is being sent.

Heading

showing where the letter comes from and when.

Character Development

describing a character's physical characteristics, presenting a character's thought, speech and actions, depicting other characters' thoughts, speech and actions and making direct comments about a character's nature...

Context Clues

are hints or suggestions that may surround unfamiliar words or phrases and clarify their meaning. It can be a definition, a synonym, an example, a comparison, or contrast, or any other expression that enables readers to infer the word's meaning.